vacantSEE A loud LAUGH bespeaks the vacant mind. / Absence of OCCUPATION is not
rest; a mind quite vacant is a mind in distress.

vacuum A vacuum is always filled. Rec. dist.: Ont.

SEE ALSO NATURE abhors a vacuum.

vagabond The vagabond, when rich, is called
a tourist. Rec. dist.: Ont.

vagrant1. A vagrant is everywhere at home. Rec. dist.: Ill.

2. The true vagrant is the only king above all
comparison. Rec. dist.: Ill.

vagueSEE Don't be VOGUE on the outside
and vague on the inside.

vain1. If we are vain and love to be flattered, we shall become foolish. Rec. dist.: N.Y.

2. Vain is the help of man. Rec. dist.: Minn. 1st cit.:US1948
Stevenson, Home Book of
Proverbs. 20c. coll.: Stevenson 1130:6.

SEE ALSO After the ACTING, wishing is in
vain. / An old DOG does not bark in vain.
FAVOR is deceitful and beauty is vain. / A
word of KINDNESS is seldom spoken in vain. /
In vain the NET is spread in the sight of any
bird. / He labors in vain who tries to PLEASE
everybody.
valet SEE No man is a HERO to his valet.

2. He that stays in the valley shall never get
over the h Ill.Var.: He that stays in the valley
will never get over the h Ill.Rec. dist.: U.S., Can.1st cit.: 1616 Draxe, Bibliotheca Scholastica
in Anglia ( 1918); US1702
Mather, Magnalia
Christi Americana ( 1853-55). 20c. coll.:ODEP772, Whiting463, Stevenson 100:14.

3. They who are content to remain in the
valley will get no news from the mountains. Rec. dist.: N.C. SEE ALSO ACT so in the valley that you need

not fear those who stand on the h Ill. / There
is no HILL without a valley.

valor Valor can do but little without discretion. Rec. dist.: Mich.1st cit.: 1672 Codrington
, Select Proverbs. 20c. coll.:ODEP858, Stevenson
584:7. SEE ALSO DIPLOMACY is a better part of
valor. / DISCRETION is the better part of valor.

valuableSEE A good REPUTATION is more
valuable than money. / Common SENSE is the
rarest thing in the world and the most valuable.

3. Like a postage stamp, a man's value depends upon his ability to stick to a thing till
he gets there. Rec. dist.: Miss.

4. Set not too high a value on your own
abilities. Rec. dist.: N.Y.

SEE ALSO It is better to have one FRIEND of
great value than many with no value. / You
never know the value of FRIENDS until you
lose them. / A SAINT has no value in his own
house. / The only value of TIME is its use. /
USE TIME as though you knew its value

Use TIME as though you knew its value.

value(v.) SEE Value your FRIENDS above your
opinions. / Don't value a GEM by what it's set
in. / HEALTH is not valued till sickness comes.
/ Don't value a man for the QUALITY he is of,
but for the qualities he possesses. / Nothing
is more precious than TIME, yet nothing is less
valued.

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